Population and Family

Year
3
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
01019437
Subject Area
Sociology
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Classes are theoretical-practical, appealing strongly to the involvement of students, who are expected to present different types of material for discussion in class (scientific texts, news, literary texts, documents, audio-visual, etc.). In classes, there will be a theoretical systemization and presentation of the questioning and underlying themes of the subject, as well as the promotion of debate surrounding the readings selected for each point of the programme.

Learning Outcomes

It is intended that each student may: a) understand population characteristics and processes and their articulation with domestic and family structures; b) understand the importance of the demographic transition in the construction of Western modernity; c) discuss the relation of population phenomena with social, economic and political phenomena; d) to acquire a historical view of family structures and private life; e) to know the diversity of contemporary family forms; f) to know the main sociological theories about the family; g) frame the analysis of the family life in broader social structures;

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Population and family(ies)

1.1. Demographic transition and the civilizational process

1.2. Population and power

1.3. Economic and domestic structures

2. The family in contemporary societies

2.1. The diversity of family structures

2.2. The main sociological theories

3. Sexuality and intimacy

4. Conjugality and Divorce

5. Fertility and children

6. Family and education

7. Family and social networks

8. Population aging and intergenerational relations

9. The Dark Side of the Family: violence and abuse

10. Population, family and inequalities

11. Family and social policies

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Periodic or by final exam as given in the course information: 100.0%

Bibliography

Almeida, Ana N.de(2011), História da Vida Privada em Portugal. Os Nossos Dias, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores.

Bandeira, Mário L. (1996) Demografia e modernidade:família e transição demográfica em Portugal, Lisboa, INCM.

Dias, Isabel (2015), Sociologia da Família e do Género, Lisboa, Pactor.

Elias, Norbert(1989), O Processo Civilizacional, Lisboa, D. Quixote.

Flandrin, Jean-Louis(1991), Famílias. Parentesco, casa e sexualidade na sociedade antiga, Lisboa, Estampa.

Kellerhals, Jean et al.(1989), Microssociologia da família, Mem Martins,Europ a-América.

Portugal, Sílvia(2014), Famílias e Redes Sociais, Coimbra, Almedina.

Saraceno, Chiara; Naldini, Manuela(2003), Sociologia da família,Lisboa, Estampa.

Segalen, Martine(1999), Sociologia da Família, Lisboa, Terramar.

Shorter, Edward(1995), A formação da família moderna, Lisboa, Terramar.

Singly, François de(2004), Sociologie de la famille contemporaine, Paris, Armand Colin.

Wall, Karin(2005)(org.), Famílias em Portugal, Lisboa, ICS.